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Summaries of previously funded projects can be found at </span><a href="http://www.pollinator.org/honeybee_health.htm"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.pollinator.org/bee_health.htm</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Review and selection of proposals will be conducted by members of the Bee Health Task Force. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Research Needs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We anticipate supporting several proposals, for a maximum of $10,000 for each individual proposal. Funds must be used within a one-year period. Focused, targeted projects with a high likelihood of providing tangible results that can be applied to improving bee health are preferred. Proposals providing valuable extensions of previously funded projects will be considered. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Priority Areas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Bee Health Task Force has identified six priority areas for funding, though other areas will be considered as well. <b>Please note that additional funds have been provided for projects related specifically to existing and emerging parasites and pathogens of honey bees.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. Effects of <b>nutrition</b> on bee behavior, physiology and/or colony health<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. Effects of <b>pesticides</b> on bee behavior, physiology and/or colony health<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. Effects of <b>pathogens and pests</b> on bee behavior, physiology and/or colony health; including the development of novel methods to mitigate these effects, such as RNAi technology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4. Development of methods to improve <b>genetic stocks</b> of managed bee populations <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5. Effects of <b>climate or environmental variables</b> on: a) plants, especially nectar and pollen quantity and quality; and/or b) bee physiology and/or colony health <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6. The development of diagnostics or indicators for the presence of <b>stressors</b> that effect bee health, particularly those that can be used by beekeepers <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Proposal Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Proposal title.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Priority area focus/focuses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3 page-project description (Arial, 12-pt font, single spaced, with page numbers. References are not included in this page limit) with sufficient background and description of methods to ascertain the importance and feasibility of the studies. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Detailed budget that includes funds for the principal investigator to attend the 3-day annual NAPPC International Conference in Washington, DC this October 21-23, 2014, tentatively hosted at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to present the results of the research. The PI will need to cover registration (early registration is approximately $295), lodging, transportation, and other travel expenses. As a nonprofit organization, the Pollinator Partnership/NAPPC does not pay overhead on funded research grants. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Research timeline by month (approximately April 2014 to April 2015).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2-page CV of the principal investigator(s). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contact information including email(s), physical mailing address, and telephone number(s).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please include if the proposal is under consideration by other funding organizations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If the PI has previously received funding from NAPPC, please include information about the outcomes of that funding, including publications, presentations, and/or leveraging to obtain additional funding (up to 1 additional page).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Submission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email your proposal packets as a single PDF file to Jennifer Tsang (</span><a href="mailto:jt@pollinator.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>jt@pollinator.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>) by 3PM PST on Monday, January 20<sup>th</sup>, 2014. Please contact Robyn Rose (</span><a href="mailto:robyn.i.rose@aphis.usda.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>robyn.i.rose@aphis.usda.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>) or Christina Grozinger (</span><a href="mailto:cmgrozinger@psu.edu"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>cmgrozinger@psu.edu</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>) with questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Funding Decisions<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:2.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The proposals will be evaluated by members of the Bee Health Task Force and funding decisions will be made by Monday, March 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>